bliss of remembering Krsna's balya-lila

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TRANSLATION

After a short time passed, both brothers, Rama and Krsna, began to crawl on

the ground of Vraja with the strength of Their hands and knees and thus

enjoy Their childhood play.

 

PURPORT

 

One brahmana devotee says:

 

srutim apare smrtim itare bharatam anye bhajantu bhava-bhitah

aham iha nandam vande yasyalinde param brahma

 

"Let others, fearing material existence, worship the Vedas, the Vedic

supplementary puranas and the Mahabharata, but I shall worship Nanda

Maharaja, in whose courtyard the Supreme Brahman is crawling." For a highly

exalted devotee, kaivalya, merging into the existence of the Supreme,

appears no better than hell (narakayate). But here one can simply think of

the crawling of Krsna and Balarama in the courtyard of Nanda Maharaja and

always merge in transcendental happiness. As long as one is absorbed in

thoughts of krsna-lila, especially Krsna's childhood pastimes, as Pariksit

Maharaja desired to be, one is always merged in actual kaivalya. Therefore

Vyasadeva compiled Srimad-Bhagavatam. Lokasyajanato vidvams cakre

satvata-samhitam (SB 1.7.6). Vyasadeva compiled Srimad-Bhagavatam, under the

instruction of Narada, so that anyone can take advantage of this literature,

think of Krsna's pastimes and always be liberated.

 

SB 10.8.21

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Dear All

PAMHO AGTSP

 

After seen dandavats.com post about UP plan to control Hindu Temples [

www.dandavats.com/?p=233 ] I want to expose Mexican experience in the

same regard.

 

First a little bit of history:

In 1859 was proclamed on mexican constitution the separation between the

church and government and the confiscation of all churches possessions

by Benito Juárez. This law was proclamed due big interferences by

catholic church on politics at that time. After some years this law was

sobreseed by impractical, priests retook ministeries, and all people

continued with his religious observances.

 

But the law was not been removed, this caused an empty space on mexican

laws, officially religion didn't exists, but the reality was that

relligion continued and grew and diversified in all these years. ISKCON

first temple (Mexico City) was opened in 1970 by Citsukhananda das

(ACBSP), and Guadalajara Temple in 1975

 

Due official unexistence of religion at these times, religions needed to

use different legal registration ways or not registration at all. In

Mexico registration need to be following his purpose, ie: SA for

commercial societies, SC for non big profitable societies, AC for non

profit societies, and IAP for charitable societies. Each type has

different rights and obligations with government (taxes, etc).

 

Since 1859 all buildings used by religion was property of Mexican

Government, but all new temples was registered as particular property

due non-official existence or religions. This official non-existence

caused really big problems with property successions, and originate

common abuses from non-scruple people (from inside or outside

congregations) who ambitioning the richness into these buildings, not

only the buildings, also the pharapernalia, statues, paintings etc.

 

Finally Mexican Government saw the need to regulate the proliferation of

different religions and to protect actual religious buildings and

richness from abuse and steal. In 1992 launched Law for Religious

Associations and Public Worship.

 

The logic of Mexican Government is as follows: In mexican constitution

is granted the right of all citizens to select his desired religion, so

Mexican Government need to grant the right of citizens to choose between

all options without any impediment, thus Mexican Government need to

grant the existence of all the different religions, is not equitable to

support only one religion and others not, thus Mexican Government has

the obligation to give support and protection to all religions legally

registered in Mexico. *Like in vedic style, the ksatriya (government)

protects the dharma (religion).

 

*Basically Mexican Religious Association and Public Worship Law and his

office has the following purposes:

 

To protect the laicity of Mexican Government

To protect the right to profess the religion each people decide.

To support the growing of all religions in the country.

To regulate religious afairs with Mexican Government.

To regulate public worship.

To protect and regulate buildings used for religious associations.

To protect religious paraphernalia, icons and statues (the Deities) used

for public worship.

 

What this means?

Laic state in Mexico means no official religion, this is still different

to atheistic state. Laic state allow all people to choose his own religion.

Since 1992 all religions can be registered as AR (Religious Association).

All buildings used at time of law launching (1992) *are Federal Property

since 1992 and lent forever to the same religion association* have in

use for public worship.

All pharapernalia, icons and statues used for public worship at time of

law launching (1992) are in same way protected and need to be registered

also in INAH (History and Antropology National Institute). This means

also Deities are federal property.

*Mexican government grants to provide buildings each religion need to

his worship affairs.

 

*What means last listed point? Simple, this means Mexican Government

offer periodically some federal properties to be used by non-profit and

religions for his ministerial purposes. This means BBT, FFL, Preaching

centers, etc, can have his own buildings while they continue doing his

preaching activities without the need to pay any rent for.

 

These laws has been caused that in 2003 are more than 80,000 federal

property buildings registered in use of almost all officially registered

religions in Mexico, and is growing. How much for ISKCON Mexico, none,

only the two original temples are on file, but not yet officialized, not

more.

 

This means also that is legally impossible that in Mexico can happen

same issues like New Vrindavan (Prabhupada's Palace of Gold) separation

(in 80's) or like Bangalore Temple few years ago.

 

Is very common that some devotees spend a lot of years as bramacaris in

Temples, and when they want to be married goes out without any support.

Is possible that ISKCON Mexico authorities offer to them, in good

standard devotees, a department or so to live with the only one

requisite to do public worship into. The same for the devotees that give

full-time service on Temple or other programs.

 

How to do that?, simple also. 1. Ask for current list of disponible

properties to CABIN (National Assets Valuation Commission - Federal

Building Assets General Direction), 2. Do a search there. 3. Ask ISKCON

Mexico autority to apply to CABIN for these property and expose

preaching plans for.

 

Now the big question is why ISKCON Mexico autorities and the local GBC

has not been done this previously?

 

Usefull links:

Legal abstracts - http://www.istagosthi.com/es/messages/333/235717.html

SEGOB (Interior Ministry) - www.segob.gob.mx

Population Migration and Religious Affairs Sub-ministry -

www.asociacionesreligiosas.gob.mx

National Assets Valuation Commission - Federal Building Assets General

Direction - www.cabin.gob.mx

History and Antropology National Institute - www.inah.gob.mx

 

ys

Narendra dasa

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On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Bhakti Vikasa Swami wrote:

> PURPORT

> But here one can simply think of

> the crawling of Krsna and Balarama in the courtyard of Nanda Maharaja and

> always merge in transcendental happiness. As long as one is absorbed in

> thoughts of krsna-lila, especially Krsna's childhood pastimes, as Pariksit

> Maharaja desired to be, one is always merged in actual kaivalya. Therefore

> Vyasadeva compiled Srimad-Bhagavatam. Lokasyajanato vidvams cakre

> satvata-samhitam (SB 1.7.6). Vyasadeva compiled Srimad-Bhagavatam, under the

> instruction of Narada, so that anyone can take advantage of this literature,

> think of Krsna's pastimes and always be liberated.

 

As if to demonstrate all these points personally, Srila Prabhupada once again

quotes the "srutim apare" verse (untranslated) at the end of his purport.

 

 

MDd